Text Box: FREE HALL EVENTS FOR GLEN ECHO RESIDENTS The following activities booked at the town hall are free for town residents: Monday, May 8, 8:00 p.m.—TOWN COUNCIL MEETING Tuesday, May 30, 7:30 p.m.—TOWN BUDGET HEARING Saturday, May 27, 7:30 p.m.—GLEN ECHO FILM FESTIVAL Every Wednesday, 8:00-10:30 p.m. English Country Dance. Live music. No experience or partner needed. Sponsored by Folklore Society of Greater Washington. —————————————————— Text Box: DISCOVERY CREEK MAY BUILD BEHIND POOL FAÇADE By Sophie Keefer The Glen Echo Park Foundation is exploring allowing Discovery Creek to build a new building behind the Crystal Pool façade. Mayor Beers reported to the council last month that at the last park board meeting she was one of two members who voted against this project because she believed that the park could become overcrowded. Other than the mini-golf course, the site in question is the only free area left, she said. The mayor expressed a concern that the park is a public/private partnership and therefore not subject to Sunshine or Freedom of Information laws. In fact, she was reprimanded by the park for discussing something that happened at a meeting, and sshe was threatened with removal from the board. Although board meetings are unofficially open to the public, many decisions are made at committee meetings, she said, to which the public does not have access as a practical matter. Councilman Dan Macy expressed the view that as a representative of the town, the mayor was subject to public disclosure laws. Mayor Beers agreed to request an opinion from the town attorney on whether she and/or the park partnership were subject to public disclosure/access laws. Text Box: Swim Club Memberships Available in Bannockburn If you are a new neighbor in Bannockburn, Glen Echo, or Cabin John, you may be entitled to a permanent membership in the Bannockburn Swimming Club. There are also seasonal memberships available. Bannockburn Swimming Club is located at the end of Laverock Lane (a block from the Bannockburn Club House) and offers a heated 25-meter pool with a one meter board, an adjacent non-swimmer's "Ell" and a separate baby pool. The swim team is very active, there are swim lessons, and we have biweekly potluck dinners. The swimming season starts on the Memorial Day weekend and ends a few weeks after Labor Day. For details, please contact the membership chair, Hans Engler,email: h.engler@verizon.net, telephone: 301.229.0156. Text Box: tRASH CONTRACT APPROVED A motion to approve the bid from Waste Management for trash pickup was passed at the April 10 town council meeting.. The agreement will automatically renew for four years unless the town cancels it on 90 days notice before the end of each yearly term or for cause (default). The new monthly rates are household trash, $1,890.66; recyclable yard waste collection, $356.00; commingle recyclable collection, $356.00; heavy trash/bulk, $410.22; scrap metal goods, $110/hr. Waste Managment will no longer pick up any large metal items. Residents should have old white/metal goods (water heaters, washing machines, dryers, dishwashers, etc.) removed when replaced. No scrap metal other than the usual recyclable items will be picked up with the monthly bulk. A special pick-up date for scrap metal will be organized provided there are enough households requesting it. Residents can take metal items directly to the Shady Grove facilities.